Jack for pegging boots



'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT W. MOORE, OF STAFFORD, CONNECTICUT.

JACK FOR PEGGING BOOTS, 81.0.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,4841. dated February 21, 1865; antcdated February 12, 1865.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. MOORE, of

- Stafford, county of Tolland, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jacks for Begging Boots, Shoes, Src.; and I do hereby declare that the same is described and represented in the following specification and drawings.

And to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to descrile its construct-ion by referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures. 1

The natureof this improvement will be understood from the specification and drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a side section of that portion which constitutes the peculiar feature of this invention. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same. l

A is a socket bed-piece which is secured and turns upon a post or standard in the common way, upon which bed-piece is mounted or se cired the boot or shoe holder B, (which is also made in the usual way,) by means of the oscillating or vibrating collar D. Between the under side of this collar D and the face ofthe bed-piece A, and between the upper side of the collar C and the projection E, are arranged cams orinelined-'plane surfacesF and F', which move or vibrate upon axes-pins in other words, B is the frame-work of the boot or shoe holder, made in the proper form to receive the upper surface of the collar, and the5 upper edge thereof works against the projections E of the frame-work. The socket bed-piece A has a central ulcrum-pin, c, upon which the cam F moves, the upper end of which is made in the form ot' ajoint, and receives the jointpiece b, formed on the under side ofthe collar D, and is so arranged as to allow its motion to bein the direction of a right angle with the fulcrum-pin M of the collar I). rlhese cams F and F are moved by means of the handles d el. The socket C of this hold er or jack when in use is placed and turns upon a stud or p'ost in the usual way.

The object ot'this improvement is to produce the result of holding that portion of the snrface of a boot or shoe being pegged horizontal with the awl or peg about to be driven by turning the cams F F more or less to the right or left, as the case may require, or as the uneven surface of the sole is being` moved along under the action of the awl.

I have not attempted here to describe the process of driving the pegs, because I do not claim that to be any part of my invention, but simply the holding and changing the uneven surface of the sole so as to bring the surface (being pegged) directly under the action of the awl into a horizontal position. I have thus endeavored to show the nature, construction, and advantage of my invention so as to enable a person skilled to make and use the 

